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Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler reveals he got his playing style after pretending his tennis racket was a musical instrument as a child
Knopfler, 74, said that he was left-handed, but while he was pretending the racket was the musical instrument in his youth, his older sister turned it round and told him: 'That's the way you play it.'
Legendary Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler has revealed he got his playing style from strumming a tennis racket as a child. Knopfler, 74, said that he was left-handed, but while he was pretending the racket was the musical instrument in his youth, his older sister turned it round and told him: 'That's the way you play it.' He told the BBC's Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs that it gave him 'a little bit of flexibility' and allowed him to do a vibrato on two or three strings at a time
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